Hofburg

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English

Proper noun

Hofburg

  1. (chiefly historical) The principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.
    • 2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 14:
      A week later, via the prescribed channels, he requested an audience with His Majesty, and one morning, three weeks after that, he found himself face to face with His Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the Hofburg.
    • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 266:
      In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.

German

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Etymology

From Hof +‎ Burg.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hof‧burg

Noun

Hofburg f (genitive Hofburg, plural Hofburgen)

  1. (archaic, historical) the principal castle or residence of a ruler (chiefly Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol)

Declension

Declension of Hofburg
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hofburg die Hofburgen
genitive einer der Hofburg der Hofburgen
dative einer der Hofburg den Hofburgen
accusative eine die Hofburg die Hofburgen
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Proper noun

Hofburg f (proper noun, genitive Hofburg)

  1. (historical) the principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers, located in Vienna
  2. (politics) present-day residence of the president of Austria

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